Speaking of that - how many of you knew that the factory steel SR5 rims for 1984 (rare indeed) were GOLD painted? Not just the centers - the whole rim. The chrome came in 85.

 

Kevlar? THAT I'd like to see. You can't coat a wheel with kevlar, it's not a liquid, it's a stranded fiber made of aramid, and is usually woven into cloth form or long-stranded into rope. (I have Kevlar in my sails and aramid in a lot of the high tech lines on my sailboats.) Fake CF on wheels I have seen though.

 

What do you sail Flamedx4? I race J80's primarily; we took a top 10 finish (out of 50) in the Worlds down in Fort Worth 2 years ago. I also have crewed on J140's for the Newport to Ensenada race. Good Times!

As for the Black rims . . . I like 'em!

 

Im waiting for someone to do Gold Daytons on their Yota

 

VEry Cool! I like the J80. Fort Worth? I've sailed on Grapevine and the lake out past Lewisville? Lake Dallas? Had the Santana 20 Nationals there at least once. Long ago in a galaxy far away....

I'll sail anything!! I've been addicted for about 34 years now. I own a couple of dinghies (I build small boats) and a 22 footer for cruising which should launch this summer- rebuilt from a wrecked derelict, and a Santana 20, which is what I campaign - took 10th in the Nationals once. Ohter than that we're upper middle pack or rear of the lead group or something - usually 6th or 7th in a 20+ boat fleet - we never let competitiveness get in the way of just good fun. (REad: sail too hard spill too much beer...) I also crew for offshore races on a Tartan 41, and anything else that I can get on (and get time off for...) I've raced everything from an El Toro to crewing on a 70 foot sled. The only reason I hold a job is so I can buy beer and sails.

 

http://www.caller2.com/specials/lowriders/low4.html

 

Crazy...

..but I meant on an off road rig..

 

AAAHHHH YES! The Santana 20. . . we have a bunch of them around here in the Denver area. They are good boats, glad to hear you have had good success with them. I also like small boats; in fact I have a Vanguard 15 that I campaigned for a few seasons. I have now decide to sell it to beef up my 4Runner. Priorities Huh!? Good to hear from another sailor in here though. While everyone else in here is struggling on the trail to tie a good strong knot. . . we can just come along and tie a quick bowline that will amaze everyone on the trail. "Holy *$%# how did you learn to tie such a good knot" they will say. Good knots come from good sailors we will say.
Love it!

PS - that is me at the mast (windward mark rounding at the worlds):
http://www.ecoreimaging.com/ptg45/mc...1&CPR=5&RPP=10

 

Oh no, I better go out and spend a whole bunch of money on new rims because the black ones are out of style,according to a bunch of guys on the internet! Sometimes this board becomes little too "Queer Eye" for me, not that there's anything wrong with that. Go with whatever you like, hell, wear Punky Brewster leg warmers while you do it, as long as your happy!

 

I like em, just use a deeper black paint like the paint on rockcrawlers or soemthin like that and it would look pretty sweet

 

Ok so going off memory wasn't a good idea in this case. It was Teflon and not kevlar...O well guess I just had kevlar on the brain.

Anyhow the rims I was referring to are made by American Racing (ATX Series) are coated with teflon and not the kevlar that I was initially referred to.

Take a look see: http://www.americanracing.com/atx/

Outkast`

 

im shopping for some black rims, what are the cheapest but best looking rim?

 

I have a set of these Pro Comp 52's on my 96 runner. google is showing about $68 for each rim.

 

how do you like them?

 

They look great without the center hub covers and some silver lug nuts.

They do require a 1/4inch wheel spacer as they will rub against the caliper. The wheel spacer that slides over the lug bolts has worked just fine for me, even though most people are scared of them and don't recommend them. About $30 for a set.

I may be putting mine up for sale for $200 soon with some 31in mud terrains. Can't be making these long trips anymore with big tires.

 

Since when are 31s big?

 

Since I started college and my 4runner became a daily driver

 

I painted my stock rims black cuz they were terribly pitted and corroded. I honestly really like the way they turned out.

 

damn, well i dont really wanna spend my money on putting on wheel spacers..i wish i could do it myself haha but i do want to look into black rims in the near future

 

i thought about doing this..how did you do it?